coronavirus stimulus

Dozens of cities and counties and the state of California are experimenting with giving some low-income residents a guaranteed income of $500 to $1,000 each month to do with as they please, and tracking what happens.

After President Joe Biden signed the $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill on Thursday, White House press secretary Jen Psaki confirmed that Americans will start to see stimulus funds get direct deposited into their bank accounts as early as this weekend.

Every House Republican voted early Saturday against a popular $1.9 trillion pandemic relief package that would send $1,400 checks to most Americans and hundreds of billions more to help open schools, revive struggling businesses and strengthen state and local governments

President Joe Biden commended the House and Senate on Friday for approving his coronavirus relief package, which includes additional stimulus funds, an extension of unemployment and health care support, and resources for ongoing vaccination efforts.

Key moderate Republicans in the Senate dismissed quick action on President Joe Biden’s top priority of a $1.9 trillion economic package, indicating that the $1,400 stimulus payments he requested could take months, or never arrive, NBC News reports. Democrats need to convince 10 Republicans in the Senate, which might require asking for less funding than Biden initially requested, or bypassing the 60-vote...

A second round of stimulus money has been issued and some are confuse about the form they’re coming in, debit cards. Randy Mac reports for the NBC4 News on Thursday, Jan. 14, 2021.

Secretary of the Treasury Steven Mnuchin said Tuesday that Americans could expect to start receiving their COVID-19 relief direct payment via direct deposit as early as Tuesday evening.

Congress just passed a nearly $1 trillion COVID-19 relief bill. Will you get a check? Here is everything you need to know.

A lot of people are going to get a direct payment of $600. Beverly White reported on NBC4 News on Monday, Dec. 21, 2020.

There is roughly a week left before the current CARES Act provisions expire that provide relief and benefits for people and businesses struggling financially during the pandemic. Will Congress make the Friday night deadline to extend government funding? NBCLX Storyteller Clark Fouraker explains where the negotiations now stand.

With the current coronavirus relief package, called the CARES Act, set to expire between Christmas Day and New Year’s Day, a number of protections and benefits are set to end unless a second coronavirus stimulus package is passed. They include unemployment aid, cash for cities, and provisions for small businesses.

Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin says Republicans are set to roll out the next COVID-19 aid package on Monday

Country Time Lemonade has created the ‘Littlest Bailout Relief Fund’ to help support kids who are unable to run summer lemonade stands during the pandemic.

The Internal Revenue Service is canceling over 1.1 million coronavirus stimulus checks it sent to deceased Americans in April.

For many Americans, federal stimulus payments are a lifeline during this period of extreme financial stress. And yet, many questions remain unanswered in the ever-changing status of these payments. Americans are also wondering how to make the best use of this one-time cash injection — or whether more money is on the way.

The US government has distributed about 130 million economic impact payments to taxpayers in less than 30 days

The Los Angeles Police Department is warning people Wednesday about scams designed to defraud people out of their federal coronavirus relief money. “Anyone calling, or knocking on your door, regarding your stimulus check is likely an identity thief,” the department said. The “stimulus check” is not in check form at all, and the money instead will be given through direct…

Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin announced on Monday that payments for the coronavirus stimulus package should be delivered to 80 million Americans by Wednesday.

The relief package that Congress approved to help Americans during the coronavirus pandemic has one major exclusion: millions of immigrants who do not have legal status in the U.S. but work here and pay taxes

Business owners applying for SBA loans are frustrated with roll out of the coronavirus relief loans. Randy Mac reported on NBC4 News at 7 p.m. on Monday, April 6, 2020.